Sunday morning/afternoon I flew out of Atlanta to Detroit and then on to Shanghai. I got to my apartment building around 8:30 pm Monday night (that's 8:30 Monday morning EST). The flight was pretty good. I watched some movies and tv shows and was able to sleep for a few hours. Definitely wasn't short but it wasn't bad at all.
My apartment is much nicer than I expected. It is a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment and has a living room, kitchen, and a wash room that has a very small washing machine in it.
Orientation really kicked off yesterday. There are 28 people in my program. Most are from the north east and California with a few scattered in between. I am the only who goes to school in the south east which I thought was kind of interesting.
After sitting through some meetings our group was treated to lunch. I'm pretty sure we were served everything in China and only about half of it was recognizable. Desert was my favorite part though, watermelon!! It's served pretty frequently for breakfast and desert which makes me pretty happy!
After lunch we met with our language partners who helped us find our way to Walmart and get cell phones and other necessities.
Today we have our language placement tests and other orientation meetings. I'm really looking forward to getting to next week and getting my routine set and getting over jet lag!! That's all for now I'll update again soon!! Hopefully next time I'll have some pictures.
Good luck and God bless. What an adventure for you! At your age I had been to Charlotte, twice. That was something in that time.
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